New space adventure blasts off

Developed by the University Bern, the CHEOPS space telescope blasted off from the European Space Agency in Kourou, French Guiana, on December 18 amid a chorus of cheers as it embarked on its journey into space on board a Soyuz rocket. CHEOPS is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Switzerland, that is under the leadership of the University of Bern in cooperation with the University of Geneva. The mission is designed to study planets outside our solar system, referred to as exoplanets.